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Monday, February 6, 2012

Japan: Little contamination of fish

But more than 10 months after the three reactor meltdowns, testing of thousands of fish, including tuna, bonito and "sanma" (Pacific saury), caught far from Tohoku's coast has turned up little contamination.

Dillingham eyes annexing bay

Dillingham voters will have a chance to give the proposed and approved annexation of the waters of the Nushagak Commercial Salmon District the thumbs up or down on April 10 following the Local Boundary Commission's approval of the move in mid-December.

Sea otters: Sell pelts

To provide economic advantages to the cull, the bill urges federal authorities consider the "use, transfer, and sale of intact sea otter pelts in order to restore to the state's Native people the right to make full use of sea otters harvested for subsistence while expanding and enhancing economic opportunities for residents of Southeast Alaska."

Sea otter: Nurse them

Halibut: What about habitat?

When it comes to halibut, however, the glaring deficiencies in Alaskan management compared to British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest were under scrutiny at the International Pacific Halibut Commission annual meeting.

Kimberly hard aground

Fish Vid: Dungeness

Sharon Biddinger presented this view of Dungeness crabbing in Oregon, featuring F/V Refuge: "When mom's snapping footage and dad's running the boat, a trip to the processor becomes a family affair! Here's a look at what our first crab offload of the season was like. And making their You Tube debut are our two boys, Tyler & Tristan."

One boat, big family

Where are Canadian quotas?

Last spring, the Prime Minister campaigned on Vancouver Island, promising that quotas for the recreational and commercial fisheries in 2012 would be announced by the end of 2011. That has not yet happened.

Hazing Columbia's cormorants

The Corps of Engineers will try hazing seabirds at the mouth of the Columbia River in an attempt to reduce the size of a "super colony" that have been taking about one-fifth of the young salmon before they reach the ocean.

Less paperwork for Bering crabbers

Petition to halt Canadian farms

Conservation, fishing and native groups in Canada and the United States filed a formal petition today requesting an international investigation into Canada's failure to protect wild salmon in British Columbia from disease and parasites in industrial fish feedlots.

Greens like Oregon reserves

It's taken a decade, but conservationists are finally heralding the passage of legislation that will create a system of marine reserves off the Oregon Coast, where fishing and other commercial activity will be excluded from taking place.

Spill map for Arctic

Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week, Arne Fuglvog will spend less than a six months in prison for his fishing crimes; Southeast Native groups support trimming the sea otter population, but are concerned about some of a plan's ramifications; and the start dates for two crab fisheries will remain flexible. All that and should seats on the North Pacific Council be dedicated to sports fishing?